The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-08-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

AT Hanna, Ill.,, flames started from a
spark. from a locomotive on the 18th,
burned thousands of tons of hay hay
presses and other implements.
In the northern half of Iowa rains fell
on the 18th, breaking the drought that
had proven so disastrous to crops. At
Des Moines, however, no rains fell, and
the suffering in that neighborhood was
intense.
FRED HoPT, murderer, was executed
by shooting on the 18th in the yard of the
penitentiary near Salt Lake City, U. I.
A RAILWAY water-tank burst on the 18th
near Norway, Mich, killing six men and
badly injuring six others
REPORTS received in Chicago on the 18th
from points in Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin,
Minnesota Michigan, Indiana and Mis-
souri, announced heavy rain-falls, breaking
the drought that aad proved so disastrous
to crops
A FIRE in HargardIne, McKittrick &
Co. IS dry goods warehouse at st. Louis on
the 18th caused a loss of $3.50, 900.
Miss MILLER, of Fulton, Wis, and Miss
Henderson, of Northern Illinois, were
drowned on the 18th in Lake Kegonsa.
near Stoughton, Wis, by their boat cap
sizing.
of New Orleans, La, to shoot his wife IA
tally on the 18th and kill himself.
On the 18th thirteen persons were more
or less Injured in the wreck OLA passenger
train near Albany, Ga tf
THERE. was stin doubt on the 18th of the
exact loss of life by the recent railway
disaster at ChatswortG, ILL.,, but it was
probable that the number of killed and
fatally injured would reach one hundred.
More than that number were seriously
hurt, and many more sustained slight in
luries. The theory that the bridge was
fired by incendiaries for the purpose of
wrecking the train and robbiug the pas
sengers had impressed the minds of the
railway officials very strongly.
The Indiana State Treasury was re-
ported empty on the 18th, with no pros
pect of receipts enough to pay expenses.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER was fined and
committed to jail at Woodstock, Va, on
the 18th for contempt of court. The affair
had caused partisan feeling to run high,
and trouble was feared.
REPORTS of the 18th say the recent rains
throughout the West saved a large portion
Of the crops, although much of the dam
age inflicted by the drought was beyond
repair. The general tenor of the advices
from Missouri Kansas, Ohio, Michigan
Indiana and Wisconsin pointed to short
yield of corn, potatoes, grass, fruits and
vegetables.
EXECUTIONS took place on the 18th as
follows: Holmes. R. Puryear at Prince
George Court-H House, Va, for wife-mur-
der; Sol Conyers (colored) at Colum bia s.
c., for the murder of Jordan Robinson,
and Frank Wilson at Prescott A. T., for
the murder of Samuel Cleyenger and wife
REPORTS on the 18th from the north
western part of Iowa were to the effect
that crops were going to waste for lack of
labor to harvest them.
A RECENT canvass of colored sentiment
OF the South on the school question re-
vealed strong preponderance in favor of
separate schools, although the feeling was
that the separation should always be made
~ mutual consent and not by law, as pro-
posed in Georgia
| UNITED STATES SENATOR RIDDIEBERGER,
who was locked up in the Woodstock
| tVa.) jail for contempt of court, was re-
| leased on the 18th by a party of his friends.
THE death of ex-United States Senator
Sargent, of California, occurred at San
Francisco ON the 14th.
FIENDs attempted to wreck a passenger
train on the Burlington q Missouri rail.
road on the 18th by firing trestle bridge
ten miles from Nebraska City. The train
was a light one, however, and got over the
burning structure in safety.
LEE COUNTY, Ia, was swept by a tornado
on the 18Th, property worth thousands of
dollars being destroyed. A Catholic Church
| at st. Paul worth $50, 600 and other ssruct-
ures were demolished
The annual meeting Of the Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers was held on the
18th at Atlanta. Ga
FRANK BYRAM. Fred Evans and Thomas